Columbia 44" Limited

 

This newly designed, Limited Edition, museum-quality, scale replica Columbia sailboat is offered exclusively by Handcrafted Model Ships. This sail boat includes a numbered Certificate of Authenticity signed by HMS Founder and Master Builder Richard Norris, as only 10 will ever be made. Accurate in almost every detail to the original Columbia sail boat, this Columbia sailboat offers features not available by other sellers, and has many upgrades over all other sailboat models available.

 

This is a pre assembled model. Models are shipped with the sails unassembled. All rigging, lines, and stays have brass hooks attached. They easily hook into eyelets on mast, boom, sprit, or deck. Pictured instructions with numbers on the hooks allow anyone to easily assemble this sailboat model in less than 4 minutes. This allows us to offer the model at a reasonable price. If assembled, the shipping cost alone would increase the cost by an additional $100

 

-  Additional and higher-quality deck details

-  Authentic cloth American flag  

-  Additional deck planks have been added and stained to match the actual Columbia sailboat

-  Additional and higher-quality solid brass metal railings and cleats have been added

-  Highest quality, accurately scaled solid metal ship wheel

-  Accurately detailed structures on the deck including windows

-  A scale tied-down lifeboat on the stern of the deck, to mimic the actual Columbia America's Cup sailboat

-  The hull is meticulously painted the actual colors of the original Columbia America's Cup sailboat.  Look closely on the hull and you can see the individual planks and wood grain

-  Highest-quality sails and additional rigging over all other models:  

 

The sails are slightly starched to hold their shape and a higher quality and higher thread-count material is used, similar to that of the actual Columbia sailboat at the time it sailed.  We offer three unique sail materials that are matched to the different eras of model yachts we offer.  Also, additional rigging lines have been added to be more true to the actual Columbia sail boat.

 

Our Columbia model sailboat is built with rare, high quality woods. Hand painted the actual colors of the Columbia America's Cup sailboat. Columbia America's Cup sailboat model has fabric sails with detailed stitching.

To build this model ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings, copies of original plans and photos of the actual Columbia yacht. Visit our Frequently Asked Questions or call with questions.

Design

 

Columbia, a fin keel sloop, was designed and built in 1898-9 by Nathanael Herreshoff and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for owners J. Pierpont Morgan and Edwin D. Morgan of the New York Yacht Club. It was the third winning defender built by Herreshoff.

 

Columbia had a nickel steel frame, a tobin bronze hull, and a steel mast (later replaced with one of Oregon pine.)

 

Career

 

Columbia, demasted, 1899. Photograph by John S. Johnston.

 

Columbia was launched on June 10, 1899. It easily won the elimination trials against the rebuilt former defender, Defender. Skippered by Charlie Barr, it won all three races against the British defender, Shamrock in the 1899 America's Cup. Notably, Hope Goddard Iselin was the only female on the crew, serving as a afterguard.

 

Columbia was selected again in 1901 to defend the Cup, and again under the command of Charlie Barr, won all three races against Shamrock II.

 

In 1903 Columbia was refitted with the hope of being selected for a third time, but it was badly beaten in the selection trials by the yacht Reliance.

 

Columbia was cut up for scrap in 1913 at City Island.

 

Specifications

 

    * Overall length: 40.15 m

    * Length at water line: 27.25 m

    * Beam (width): 7.39 m

    * Draft: 5.97 m

    * Displacement: 148.7 tonnes

    * Sail area: 1189 m2